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- January 12
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- Microsoft prepares DirectX to support neural rendering for AI-powered graphics — a key feature of the update will be Cooperative Vector support
- Intel i9-14900KF overclocker clinches CPU frequency world record at 9.12 GHz — Wytiwx joins Elmor as the only person to push a CPU past 9 GHz
- Maker builds a Raspberry Pi 5 powered stereoscopic 3D video camera
- Researchers 3D-print fully-functioning microscope in less than 3 hours — total system costs around $60, including lenses, camera, and Raspberry Pi
- Modular AMD Hawk Point mini PC showcased at CES — its easy to swap the case panels, RAM, and dual-SSDs but the CPU is soldered
- You can buy this AOC 27-inch Mini-LED 2K gaming monitor for just $249 at Amazon
- Thunderbolt 5 dock with MXM graphics, M.2 SSD slot, lots of I/O debuts at CES – J5Create's device offers RTX 3060 and RX 7600M variants for about $1,400
- Tetris packed inside a PDF file to run in any PC browser — Pdftris runs from a 60KB PDF
- Intel to spin off RealSense depth camera business by mid-2025 — but it will remain part of the Intel Capital portfolio
- Thunderbolt 5 equipped LaCie Rugged Pro5 SSD boasts 6,700 MB/s data transfers
- Lossless Scaling 3 update touts greatly improved latency and performance — Universal Frame Gen tool boasts 24% reduced latency
- TSMC ends contract with Singapore-based company over alleged Huawei ties
- Graugear G-M2HP04-F NVMe Cooler Review: Two heatpipes and a fan deliver strong performance
- Patriot celebrates 40th Anniversary with Viper Xtreme 5 DDR5-9600 CKD memory launch — Also has an Anniversary Special RAM kit alongside the iLuxe Stick C for Apple devices
- January 11
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- Ryzen 7 9800X3D is selling like hotcakes at major German retailer — Mindfactory sold 8,700 CPUs in a single day
- Intel Bartlett Lake CPUs power new 120 x 160mm COM-HPC modules from congatec — features up to 24 hybrid cores, 128GB of DDR5-4000 memory, and 32 EUs
- Redditor allegedly purchased two Intel Arc B570 GPUs at Micro Center days before the official launch — the CPU couldn't recognize the GPUs due to the lack of driver support
- Laptop stand created from a single sheet of recycled paper supports up to 10 pounds — the included cardboard case also serves as a phone stand
- Mode Loop TKL (2024) Review: A Classy Classic in the Making
- User runs an AI model on an Xbox 360 — 3-core PowerPC with 512 MB memory handles an AI model based on llama2.c
- 3D Benchy’s new owner ruffles the community’s feathers
- Maker builds Raspberry Pi jukebox and loads it full of custom music
- Spanish retailer lists RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT GPUs, though the prices might be mere placeholders — RX 9070 for $912 and RX 9070 XT for $1,097
- HPE lands $1 billion AI server order from Elon Musk
- Take home this Ryzen 7, RTX 4050 gaming laptop for only $784
- Pump-free 360mm AIO liquid cooler goes up for preorder at $419 — Threadripper variant caries an eye-watering $599 price tag
- Exacluster reveals one of the industry's first clusters based on Nvidia's H200 Hopper GPUs for AI and HPC: 192 96-core CPUs
- TSMC's Arizona Fab 21 is already making 4nm chips — yield and quality reportedly on par with Taiwan fabs
- High court ruling ends man's hopes of recovering $750M bitcoin hard drive from a Welsh landfill — hard drive storing 8,000 bitcoins was lost over 10 years ago
- How to rip your audio CDs to MP3 from the Linux terminal with abcde
- January 10
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- AMD chips now comprise 55 percent of Puget Systems orders — AMD makes big inroads in professional systems
- Chinese hackers target US Treasury computers used for sanctions — Committee on Foreign Investment specifically targeted
- Intel reveals Core Ultra Series 2 stock coolers with more conductive copper-base heatsinks
- LG 27-Inch QHD UltraGear curved gaming monitor is on sale for $156
- G.Skill showcases DDR5-10600 RAM overlock and DDR5-8133 CSODIMMs
- Hacker successfully tests Toslink at unprecedented distances of up to 143 kilometers — separate test shows transmission speeds of about 1.47 Mb/s
- Nvidia and SIA fire back at US gov's new export restrictions on AI GPUs to China
- Zotac's Safety Light feature averts 16-pin power connector meltdowns on RTX 50 GPUs — the mechanism prevents GPU power-on until the cable is fully inserted
- This 3D-printed Raspberry Pi all-in-one is made for portable gaming
- Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro 4TB PCIe 5.0 — SSD using SM2508 controller, coming in March 2025
- VLC demos AI-generated subtitles as it hits new milestone of 6 billion downloads
- MSI MEG X870E Godlike Motherboard Review: Seven USB-C and M.2 sockets, $1100 price
- Razer showcases Project Ava AI gaming co-pilot and Project Arielle gaming chair with heating and cooling functionality
- AMD's Instinct MI325X smiles for the camera: 256 GB of HBM3E
- AIO cooler prototype has room for action figures
- January 9
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- Keyboard for writers has word-count odometer, sprint timer
- AMD says Intel's 'horrible product' is causing Ryzen 7 9800X3D shortages
- Altera officially announces independence from Intel — the company strives to expand FPGA portfolio
- Best of CES 2025: Performance and Productivity
- Quantum computing stocks tank as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang predicts the tech won't be viable for another 20 years — stocks fell more than 40% for a total market value loss of over $8 billion
- You can grab the Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB for just $79 on Amazon!
- Lenovo to build $2 billion PC and server plant in Saudi Arabia
- Valve seemingly discontinues Steam coupons — the company quietly removes partner documentation
- Intel Twin Lake CPU powers Chuwi's new 2-in-1 laptop and tablet — MiniBook X N150 and Hi10 X N150 features quad-core Intel N150 CPU
- Nvidia's $3,000 mini AI supercomputer draws scorn from Raja Koduri and Tiny Corp — AI server startup suggests users "just buy a gaming PC"
- Asus' new NUC has a customizable, always-on E-Ink display on top — the army of five NUCs includes ultra-efficient to maximum performance and everything in between
- Nvidia RTX 5090 laptop GPU undergoes multiple benchmark tests — flagship mobile GPU yields inconsistent results
- More GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition mysteries revealed: backside of the PCB
- Philips Evnia 27M2N8500 360 Hz QD-OLED review: Unmatched speed and response
- Cooler Master showcases three new cases and a pre-built at CES 2025 — the cases cover a wide range of aesthetics, form factors, and sizes for every user
- SK hynix to showcase 16-layer HBM3E, 122TB enterprise SSD, LPCAMM2, and more at CES
- This Matrix inspired Raspberry Pi 5 case could be 'The One'
- CES 2025 Day 2: Corsair Xeneon Edge auxiliary touchscreen, Project Zero motherboards, Gigabyte’s 2025 portfolio, and more
- OneXPlayer G1 handheld gaming device packs up to a Strix Point or Arrow Lake-H processor — Top model has 64GB of RAM and 4TB of storage for $1,539
- Arm considers acquisition of Oracle-backed Ampere Computing to expand data center footprint
- Cooler Master reveals V-Series air coolers resembling high-performance engine blocks alongside new cooling solutions at CES
- Imagination quits RISC-V CPU business to focus on GPUs and AI
- Raspberry Pi 5 16GB Review: Plenty of memory
- CES 2025 is the 40th anniversary of the Commodore 128 — the last 8-bit PC first appeared at CES 1985
- January 8
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- Phison unveils next-generation high-end PCIe 5.0 SSD platform: PS5028-E28
- AMD's first RDNA 4 GPU die pictured: Navi 48 around 390 mm2, targeting mainstream gamers
- Unreleased RTX 4090 prototype disassembled — massive four-slot GPU has unique PCB layout and runs exceptionally cool
- Adata gears up for 2025 with new PC cases, coolers, and PSUs at CES
- Hyte shows off new PC cooling toys, including new Thicc Q80 AIO — contact frames and magnetic hubs displayed at CES 2025
- RTX 5080 laptop GPU OpenCL score surpasses RTX 4090 laptop GPU and RX 7900 XTX — mobile Blackwell GPU nearly catches the RTX 3080 Ti
- Radeon RX 9070 RDNA 4 GPU purportedly performs similar to RTX 4080 Super in CoD Black Ops 6
- Snag this amazing Core i9, RTX 4070 gaming laptop for only $1,903
- Radeon RX 9070 GPU preorders are seemingly scheduled for January 23 — Asus RTX 9070 and RX 9070 XT show up at US retailer, but pricing remains unknown
- Micron invests $7 billion in HBM assembly facility amid AI boom
- Gigabyte launches a new PC case, laptops, and monitors at CES 2025 — five high-end gaming laptops and two premium gaming monitors
- MSI reveals Project Zero motherboards featuring concealed connectors — the trio of midrange motherboards include PZ variants of Tomahawk models
- Raspberry Pi upgrades Lego retro radio into the real thing
- This tiny Corsair touchscreen could change the way you view info on your PC
- InWin shows off its upcoming Prism and Shift PC cases, and unique cooling fans at CES 2025
- CES 2025 Day 1: New laptops from Lenovo, Snapdragon X for desktops, Wi-Fi 7 routers, and more
- TSMC Arizona allegedly now producing AMD's Ryzen 9000 and Apple's S9 processors: Report
- Creality unveils multicolor 3D printer for under $500
- China starts Big Fund III spending: $47 billion for ecosystem and fab tools
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 versus RTX 4090 — How does the new halo GPU compare with its predecessor?
- Nvidia says Blackwell-based servers are in full production - 200 different configurations now available
- ChatGPT was used to plan Cybertruck explosion outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas — police release details on prompts used to decide crucial details
- January 7
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- AMD quietly introduces Ryzen 5 9600 — non-X variant brings back Wraith Stealth cooler
- Nvidia's powerful RTX 5090 PCB is amazingly small yet pumps 575W of power
- Geekom introduces new Mini PCs at CES 2025 — Snapdragon X Elite, Ryzen AI 9, and Core Ultra 9 all represented
- Jensen says DLSS 4 'predicts the future' to increase framerates without introducing latency (Updated: Nope)
- Here's all the silicon AMD launched at CES 2025 - family die photos of Strix Halo, Krackan Point, Ryzen 9000X3D, Fire Range, and Hawk Point Refresh
- Nvidia introduces RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 laptop GPUs — RTX 50 Blackwell goes mobile with up to 24GB of GDDR7 memory
- Netgear's Orbi 870 rounds out its premium Wi-Fi 7 mesh router family
- Snapdragon X Arm chips are coming to the desktop PC market — Lenovo launches two new mini-PCs powered by Qualcomm
- Asus’s new Zenbook A14 weighs just 2.18 pounds, boasts 32 hours of endurance
- RTX 5090 Founders Edition is the only SKU that meets Nvidia SFF-Ready requirements
- Gigabyte releases 27 new Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs at CES 2025 — 3 Aorus Radeon RX 9000 GPUs also announced
- Razer updates Blade 16 gaming laptop with flagship RTX 5090 and Ryzen 9 HX 370 hardware
- Chinese company accused of shipping kamikaze drone parts to Russia through elaborate re-selling and rebranding scheme
- Asus ROG Rapture GT-BE19000AI launches as world’s first AI-powered gaming router with built-in NPU
- MSI shows off cable-free panoramic PC at CES 2025 — Project Zero X uses radical orientation for GPU and motherboard
- Nvidia's Blackwell flagship GPU uses liquid metal instead of thermal paste to reign in the 575W TGP
- Lenovo is bringing its rollable, expandable-screen laptop to market – ThinkBook Plus Gen 6’s display gets taller with the press of a button or the wave of a hand
- Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X9 laptop ditches the TrackPoint and familiar keyboard in favor of MacBook aesthetic
- Lenovo's new Yoga 9 laptops include an in-display webcam, dual 14-inch OLED Book 9i with a bigger battery
- Lenovo’s Legion Go S handheld is powered by AMD’s Z2 Go, runs SteamOS or Windows
- Micron's new PCIe 5.0 SSD promises longer battery life — DDR5 portfolio also gains higher capacity CUDIMMs and CSODIMMs
- Raspberry Pi Baby Logger helps keep track of feeding, sleeping and everything in between
- MSI announces a plethora of new cases, coolers and accessories at CES 2025
- Razer's PC-adjacent CES lineup includes a monitor stand, lights, and a chair with integrated heating and cooling
- CES 2025 Day 0: Nvidia RTX 50 Series GPUs, Arrow Lake goes mobile, Ryzen 9 9950X3D, Dell retires XPS branding
- Nvidia cuts down the China-specific RTX 5090D AI TOPS performance by almost 23% to meet US export guidelines
- Asus introduces flagship ROG Astral RTX 50-series GPUs alongside ROG Strix, TUF and Prime models
- Raspberry Pi 5 powers motorized keyboard that changes layout based on hand gestures
- Nvidia DLSS 4 is the magic bullet behind the RTX 50-series' touted 2X performance — Reflex 2, Multi Frame Gen AI tools come to the fore
- Asus first to announce Radeon RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT graphics cards
- Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070 at $549 — How does it stack up to the previous generation RTX 4070?
- Nvidia's Project Digits desktop AI supercomputer fits in the palm of your hand — $3,000 to bring 1 PFLOPS of performance home
- Nvidia announces RTX 5090 for $1,999, 5070 for $549 — plus AI, DLSS 4, and more
- Asus unveils full suite of RTX 5000 series gaming laptops, complete with 100% DCI-P3 screens
- HP’s new Omen gaming monitors include 280 Hz IPS Black and Google TV options
- Acer’s new Predator Helios gaming laptops up the ante on performance and RGB – RTX 50 series and Intel Core 200HX CPUs meet a disco’s worth of glowing RGB
- MSI’s New gaming laptops include a Norse-themed Titan Dragon Edition, translucent Cyborg
- HP's latest Omen 16 laptops, Omen 16L gaming desktop offer compact, understated design and AMD or Intel CPU options
- Acer’s Predator X323QX elevates 16:9 gaming to 5K at 144Hz
- New Alienware Area-51 laptops have a Gorilla Glass window, color-shifting paint job
- Alienware unleashes 27-inch AW2725Q QD-OLED 4K 240Hz gaming monitor for gamers who like high ppi
- HyperX wants you to print your own mouse
- Intel shows off working Panther Lake systems at CES — Xe3 GPU cores power Intel sneak peek
- AMD explains the missing RDNA 4 GPUs in its CES 2025 livestream
- January 6
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- US DoD adds CXMT, CATL, Tencent to list of companies suspected of aiding the Chinese military
- Thermaltake's new case fan has built-in temperature sensor to help adjust its speed
- Intel lists non-K and T-series Core Ultra 200S processors for desktop PCs
- Intel announces H810 and B860 budget chipsets for Core Ultra 200 CPUs
- AMD announces Ryzen Z2 series processors for handhelds — more performance, better efficiency, coming soon
- AMD RDNA 4 Radeon RX 9000-series GPUs revealed: Targeting mainstream price and performance with improved AI and ray tracing
- Acer’s eco-friendly Vero 16 laptop is made from oyster shells and recycled plastic
- Dell kills XPS and Optiplex brands, adopts Apple-inspired three-tiered naming scheme for its PCs
- Acer’s gaming handhelds go big with 9- and 11-inch displays – Nitro Blaze 8, Blaze 11 pack AMD 8840HS CPUs
- AMD Launches ‘Fire Range’ HX3D mobile processor with game-boosting 3D V-Cache, other HX Series SKUs built on Zen 5 desktop CPU silicon
- AMD launches Ryzen AI 300 and 200 series chips for laptops
- AMD launches Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D, claims 20% faster gaming performance than Intel’s flagship Arrow Lake processors
- AMD’s beastly ‘Strix Halo’ Ryzen AI Max+ debuts with radical new memory tech to feed RDNA 3.5 graphics and Zen 5 CPU cores
- Intel is sampling 18A-based Panther Lake with customers — Intel Foundry's 18A node and CPUs are on track for 2H 2025 launch
- HDMI 2.2 and DisplayPort 2.1b display standards announced, offering greater bandwidth and strict cable requirements
- Asus introduces its first AMD Apex motherboard for Ryzen CPUs — Crosshair X870E Apex brings extreme overclocking features to the AM5 platform
- Elon Musk confirms that Grok 3 is coming soon — pretraining took 10X more compute power than Grok 2 on 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs
- Computer used in the first QDOS demo to Bill Gates showcased in video
- Florida experiences a huge 1,150% surge in VPN use as Pornhub blocks access in response to age-verification law
- United Airlines to roll out Starlink for passengers this Spring — download speeds up to 220 Mbps
- Chinese freighter suspected of damaging undersea Internet cable connecting the US and Taiwan
- Qualcomm teases mini desktop PC, announces 8-core Snapdragon X chip to bring Arm-powered Windows CoPilot+ laptops down to ~$600
- Samsung showcases world’s first 18.1-inch foldable OLED display
- Intel launches Arrow Lake mobile family with Core Ultra 200HX and 200H processors for gaming laptops
- UK chipmaker Imagination Technologies up for sale — UKCT accuses current owners of stripping the company of its key technologies
- This Raspberry Pi Pico W-powered Inky Frame display will help keep you organized
- Alleged RTX 5080 retail packaging surfaces hours before CES — The GPU reportedly features 16GB of GDDR7 memory and Gainward is preparing for retail launch
- Intel Battlemage and Arc B-series GPUs: Specifications, release dates, pricing, and everything we know
- Linux-powered handheld computer connects to Raspberry Pi HATs, snap-on modules
- January 5
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- Maker builds drum machine from scratch using a Raspberry Pi Pico 2
- U.S. uncovers hacking campaign targeting Guam's critical infrastructure — suspected Chinese Volt Typhoon hacks could disrupt the defense of Taiwan
- Commodore 64 gets a true Full-HD HDMI plus stereo sound daughterboard
- Chinese Nvisen GX06 mini-PC channels the Apple Mac mini M4's sleek design — but this Windows 11 PC with Core i9-12900H and RTX 4050 seems expensive at $820
- This Lenovo Legion Pro 7i RTX 4080 gaming laptop is now only $2,879 at Amazon
- MSI Afterburner author says triple fan RTX 5080 GPUs will have three independent fan controllers — Async speed control support for all three fans to arrive in an upcoming release
- Intel discontinues its weakest stock cooler – RS1 Laminar cooler was only used for the Pentium G7400 and Celeron G6900
- TSMC's wafer pricing now $18,000 for a 3nm wafer, increased over 3X in 10 years: Analyst
- Arrow Lake-H powered LG Gram Pro 17 2025 allegedly tested and torn down — Reviewer disassembles the machine and reports that Blackwell RTX 5050 GPUs are expected to arrive in May
- American lab is developing a BAT laser that could enable 'beyond EUV' lithography, provide 10X power efficiency boost
- Arm PC market share won't rise above 13% in 2025 says ABI Research
- Koorui to demo the 'world's first' 750 Hz gaming monitor at CES — TN panel device gets welcome color boost with the latest QD film
- Microsoft surprises analysts with massive $80B AI investment plans for 2025
- January 4
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- Intel Razer Lake, Nova Lake, and Wildcat Lake CPU PCI IDs added to Linux
- Maker designs Raspberry Pi GameCube case that's free and 3D printable
- World's fastest Arm PC put to the test — 128-core Ampere Altra Max CPU claims 128-core Cinebench 2024 world record
- Vendor claims Ryzen 9 9955HX3D with Zen 5 cores and 3D V-Cache is ready for launch — manufacturer also asserts Arrow Lake-HX CPUs offer minimal performance improvements
- Take home this LG UltraGear 32GP83B-B 32-inch 165 Hz IPS monitor for $210, its lowest price yet
- Asus ZenWiFi BT8 Wi-Fi 7 mesh router review: Tri-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh at a more affordable price point
- It looks like the Raspberry Pi RP2350 Hacking Challenge may have been beaten — Hacker gains access to the OTP secret by glitching the RISC-V cores to enable debugging
- January 3
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- Nvidia gives away five classic GPUs signed by CEO Jensen Huang personally — the first two are the GeForce 256 and GeForce 8800 Ultra
- The minimalistic Creative Pebble Pro stereo speakers marked down to just $49
- IBM and GlobalFoundries settle lawsuits over chipmaking tech given to Intel and Rapidus
- ECS readies 14-inch laptop with AMD Krackan octa-core CPU — motherboard maker also has two Snapdragon X-powered laptops up its sleeves
- Maker uses Raspberry Pi 5 and Pico to power this multi-sensor project
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 13) Aura Edition Review: Lightest Carbon Yet
- Latest Arc B580 graphics driver adds support for Intel Twin Lake and Core 200 CPUs
- Leakers revise RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 power draw to 575W and 360W respectively — Up to 27% higher than last-generation RTX 40 GPUs
- MSI MAG CoreLiquid A13 AIO Liquid Cooler Review: Not bad for $99
- January 2
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- G.Skill introduces CL26 DDR5-6000 for AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs — world's tightest timings for a DDR5-6000 memory kit
- MSI and Asus announce 27-inch 4K QD-OLED gaming monitors with 240Hz refresh rates ahead of CES
- Samsung's 500Hz Odyssey G6 OLED joins stacked 2025 gaming monitor lineup
- Power wire-less motherboards pump 1,500W over 50-pin connector — BTF3.0 standard envisions zero cables between the motherboard, GPU, and power supply
- This Raspberry Pi project visualizes your real-time network traffic in the most beautiful way
- New Captcha requires defeating three enemies or you're Doomed to repeat it
- Solidigm finalizes consumer SSD market exit with discontinuation of drives – Storage company shut down consumer division over a year ago [Updated]
- AMD CPUs, 64GB RAM, and Windows 11 show strong gains in the latest Steam Hardware Survey
- Get half-price on KiCA's Jetfan 2.0 vacuum/blower combo, now just $59 — Clean up your PC and peripherals for 2025
- Cuneiform-like digital storage tech quadruples data storage — uses three levels of indentation in polymer film
- Leaker claims Nvidia RTX 5090 mobile could offer 24GB of memory — Nvidia expected to employ 3GB GDDR7 modules to increase VRAM capacities on the same 256-bit interface
- ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF Review: Best for overclockers, works great for everyone
- Significant U.S. Treasury cybersecurity breach is the latest in string of China hack attacks claims U.S. officials
- January 1
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- Minecraft tool lets you create scale replicas of real-world locations — Arnis uses geospatial data from OpenStreetMap to generate Minecraft maps
- Nvidia RTX 5060 laptop GPU beats 4060 laptop by over 30% in leaked benchmark — performance gap stretches almost to 70% with the RTX 3060 mobile
- You can customize this Raspberry Pi eInk display with tons of cool plugins
- Canada joins the hunt for rare earths to make chips — restrictions could delay a new mine by 10 to 15 years
- Best Portable Monitors 2025: Gaming and Laptop Productivity
- Great battery life, a powerful RTX 4070 GPU, and 16GB of RAM all in one HP laptop for only $849 —- 2025 is off to a good start
- Nvidia RTX 5080 rumored to hit shelves on January 21 — expected to debut at CES with sales embargo reportedly lifting two weeks later
- AOC Agon Pro AG276QZD2 240 Hz OLED gaming monitor review: A faster and more colorful revision
- Incredibly compact 10-in-1 USB-C Hub has a dial for customization, 100W charging — HubKey includes five keys and a knob, now available on Kickstarter for $69
- 50% of TSMC's Arizona employees are from Taiwan, despite recent controversies — company plans to hire more US workers over time
- iHTP M.2 2280 NVMe Cooler Review: The best SSD heatsink only costs $6.99